The San Francisco Chronicle is assisting me in highlighting yet another person of interest and source of SUNSET PRIDE, Danny Hess of
Hess Surfboards. A true artisan when it comes to making hollow core, wood and epoxy surfboards. A nice guy as well - I've only met him once through a mutual friend. Read all about his boards and the lifestyle he has created for himself as a full-time surfboard maker right in the heart of the Sunset District -
click here to read the article.
The shot below is of a friend of mine that I took last Summer. He is hiding behind a Hess "Handplane" he was using for bodysurfing. Little buggers are $150.00 - YIKES! But worth it as I am told by those who have bodysurfed with them - I have not.
Do you own a Hess surfboard or handplane? Would love to hear if you do and why you chose Hess over other board makers.
An interesting article on "green" surfboards or the possibility of a "greener" surfboard.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.surfline.com/surf-news/catching-up-with-berkeley-grad-student-tobias-schultz-on-his-cradle-to-grave-study-on-boards_31406/